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235or being besides God is idolatry, the evil and the total negligence of the Good - in short, sin in general. Allthe men of God chastised their neighbours and people for sin, but not “the world,” as Muhammad (pbuh) did.He not only rooted out idolatry in the peninsula of Arabia in his lifetime, but also he sent envoys to the Chosroes Parviz and to Heraclius, the sovereigns of the two greatest empires, Persia and Rome, and to the King of Ethiopia, the Governor of Egypt, and Several other Kings and emirs, inviting them all to embrace the religion of Islam and to abandon idolatry and false faiths. The chastisement by Muhammad (pbuh) began with the delivery of the word of God as he received it, namely, the recital of the verse of the Quran; then with preaching, teaching, and practising the true religion; but when the Power of Darkness, idolatry, opposed him with arms he drew the sword and punished the unbelieving enemy. This was in fulfilment of the decree of God (Dan. vii.). God endowed Muhammad (pbuh) with power and dominion to establish the Kingdom of God, and to become the first Prince and Commander-inChief under the “King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.”(c) The other characteristic feature of the exploits of Periqlyte -Ahmad- is that he will reprove the world of righteousness and justice (loc. cit.). The interpretation “of righteousness, because I am going to my Father” (john xvi. 10) put into the mouth of Jesus (pbuh) is obscure and ambiguous. The return of Jesus (pbuh) unto his God is given as one of the reasons for the chastisement of the world by the coming Periqlyte. Why so? Moreover,who did chastise the world on that account? The Jews believed that they crucified and killed Jesus (pbuh) , and did not believe that he was raised and taken up into heaven. It was Muhammad (pbuh) who chastised and punished them severely for their infidelity. “Say, O Muhammad (pbuh) ,